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! - " BOTHA'S LIBEL ACTION. Received Sept. 21', 6.5 p.m. Pretoria, Sept. 20. 'A remarkable libel action has terminated, arising out of the late rebellion. General Botha sued Wolinarans, a Nationalist Senator, for £SOO damages for saying that 'Botha was steeped to the lips in the blood of his countrymen. Defendant counter-claimed for the same amount for' statements reflecting on his conduct during the Anglo-Boer war. Both parties withdraw their imputations, Wolaiariins paying the costs, QUEBEC'S NEW (BRIDGE, Ottawa., Sept. 20. The Central span of the new Quebec Bridge has been placed in position after the greatest engineering feat of the kind, involving a three days' lift of the span jjroin pontoons. The work was carried without a hitch. ■ The bridge was the scene of disasters in 1807 and I'MB.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1917, Page 2
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130GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1917, Page 2
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